That nasty computer is making me feel bad.

I don't think the end bit is on purpose.

That is so cool ... and fun!

hi
I also have made program with connect four for school with Java.
But my computer player is much stronger than yours. Yours I can beat all the time with 'hard'.
But never the less it's very nice made.

Hello everyone. I've just register to say a few things about the engine of connect four. It quite drags:P The biggest defy of it is not recognising situations where computer's position is already won:
1) where there is a sequence of two thees already on the board such that "lacking four" places are one under the other- which makes the game won with a simple plan of fulfilling the column where it happened. Example:

           
o x    x o o  o
o x x o o o  x
x o o x x o_x
If it's o turn, he just has to fill the sixth column: if it's x turn, he has to find a forcing winning plan or he would lose.


2. When computer has three pawns located in a way that if human puts his pawn in a column he'll lose immediately, computer can just calculate if human will have to do it simply analysing the number of moves left. If it occurs that if no side wins before this time, human will find itself in a zugzwang, computer should take the defensive attitude... I quite like this strategy:)


Anyway, the game can be easily calculated (there are not so many possibilities here, I don't know to calculate the permutations here, but is certainly much less than [6*7]!) so you'd better leave the game as it is- to provide human at least with some fun of winning aganist the Machine...

Last edited by clav (2009-01-16 01:32:23)

Hard.

Hi Folks,

I wanted to get opinions on a newly launched multiplayer game inspired by classic Four in a Row/Connect Four.


http://apps.facebook.com/four-score/

Looking forward to constructive feedback.
Thanks!

Hi harley;

Welcome to the forum. I have trouble with drop 4.